ensamne

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exāmine, from Latin exāmen (“swarm”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /enˈsamne/

Noun

ensamne m (plural ensamnes)

  1. swarm, hive, beehive
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r:
      […] A cabo de dias tornos por prẽder la ⁊ aplego por ueer o ẏazia el leõ muerto. efallo enel cuerpo del leõ .j. enſãne dabejas e mẏel : crebãtolo cõ ſus manos ⁊ comẏo
      […] After some days he returned to take her, and he approached to see where the dead lion lay. And he found in the lion's carcass a swarm of bees and honey. So he broke it with his hands and ate.

Descendants
  • Spanish: enjambre
    • → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: jambre
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